Entry-Level Estimator; Mechanical​/Industrial Piping

Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri with more than 1,200 employees and nearing $2B in revenue, Alberici is a diversified construction company that partners with leading organizations throughout North America to build their most challenging and important projects.

Since our founding in 1918, Alberici earned a reputation for executing with quality, safety and trust. Combined with our 100+ years of experience, we provide construction solutions to the automotive, commercial, civil, energy, food & beverage, healthcare, heavy industrial, industrial process, and water industries.

We build the critical structures that improve lives and strengthen communities.

Our mission is simple — and our approach to delivering on it is equally straightforward. We are as open and honest with our employees and partners as we are with our clients. We are here to work together to do the best work possible to bring this mission to life.

When it comes to our team, Alberici employees are built differently. We seek the best and brightest and are committed to investing in our people and providing the training and resources they need to learn, grow, and advance.

Are you Built for the Challenge?

• Working Safely
• Valuing Diversity
• Serving Humbly
• Executing with Integrity
• Solving Creatively
• Engaging Fully

• Profit‑sharing plan, cash bonus programs and annual cost‑of‑living adjustments
• Generous salary increases and per diems for qualified out‑of‑town assignments
• Health, dental and vision insurance eligibility on day one
• Paid parental leave
• Continuing education reimbursement
• Personalized career development and training programs
• Minimum of 29 days of PTO (including holidays) for entry‑level roles
• Fitness center for St. Louis office‑based team members
• Gym membership reimbursement for project‑based team members
• Corporate office cafeteria access
• Employee Resource Group (ERG) opportunities
• Philanthropy opportunities

The entry‑level Mechanical/Industrial Piping Estimator will be tasked primarily with the preparation of discipline‑specific estimates supporting large multi‑discipline efforts or smaller independent estimates. This position primarily focuses on mechanical/metal trades consisting of structural steel for pipe supports, piping, welding and boiler making. The estimator will be responsible for building estimates that include installation, demolition and modifications to mechanical and piping systems, and structural steel erection related to mechanical / pipe supports.

• Evaluate all contract documents including bid drawings, specifications, general conditions and, if necessary, visit the project site.
• Identify and quantify piping materials, valves, specialty items, instruments, and typical pipe supports.
• Read and understand the scope of work, pipe specifications, and perform quantity takeoff for piping and mechanical systems.
• Record items taken off from piping documents on a standard takeoff sheet and categorize them by their proper pipe specification.
• Read a client‑provided piping bill of materials.
• Take off items shown on Process and Instrument Diagrams (P&IDs).
• Take off items shown on piping isometric drawings, understanding the constructability from a constructability standpoint.
• Take off items shown on piping orthographic (plan) drawings.
• Organize the take‑off process to conform to bid breakdown forms and submittals.
• Estimate small piping projects with minimal documentation based on field experience.
• Visualize what is not apparent or missing from project documentation and mitigate potential risks.
• Maintain a list of clarifications, assumptions, and qualifications identified as risks and discrepancies during proposal development.
• Assist with determining installation schemes to establish project schedule, duration, crew sizing, and geographic challenges.
• Apply company historical rate and production information to estimates.
• Have a basic understanding of trades other than piping, such as paint, insulation, scaffolding, etc.
• Review available plans and specifications to ensure estimated materials are compliant.
• Prepare and issue bid packages to subcontractors for trades we do not self‑perform (Electrical, Civil,…